Ajay Prasad

Ajay is passionate about building innovative and useful products that empower people with technology and help them improve their lives. He's had the opportunity to work on some great ideas in his previous stints at IBM Labs, Amazon India, Microsoft LiveLabs, Oracle R&D, and Hewlett Packard Labs. Currently, he heads design for Microsoft Teams in Bangalore, India.

Ajay has a diverse background in computer science, design, and business management. He graduated with an interdisciplinary degree in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon. He also went on to study Artificial Intelligence and complete a specialization in Graphic Design. With his business education at IIM Bangalore, he transitioned into design management to act as a bridge between design and business.

While he's not busy white-boarding, brainstorming ideas, or moving pixels, he can be found traveling or running a non-profit foundation. He recently took a year off from full-time work to pursue adventures that include summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa, hiking the Inca trail in Peru, and exploring penguin colonies in Antarctica.

Other Interests: Product Strategy and Management, Behavioral Economics, Consumer Behavior, Philosophy, Sustainable Architecture, Music, TED.